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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Vice President - Turnaround & Restructuring Practice--Accordion is a private equity-focused financial and technology consulting firm. Working at the intersection of sponsors and management teams, Accordion partners with clients at every stage of the investment lifecycle. The firm’s services include operational and technical accounting, strategic financial planning and analysis, CFO-driven transformation, CFO technology, transaction execution, public company readiness, interim leadership, and turnaround and restructuring. With a focus on hands-on, results-oriented execution, Accordion is widely recognized as the go-to PE consultancy and the premier digital-enablement partner for portfolio company CFOs.

Orlando, Florida

FP&A leader within management team at Spice World. Spice World is a portfolio company of Palladium Equity Partners, a private equity firm that focuses on transforming companies into larger, more profitable businesses by enhancing operations, financial structure, and business systems.During my time at Spice World, I built out the FP&A function, drove new financial processes and analyses to grow the business and enterprise value efficiently and profitably, and supported strategic initiatives. Responsible for full P&L, balance sheet and cash flow budget and forecast, financial reporting, investor relations, and management discussion and analysis.My role focused heavily on collaboration with the sales/commercial and operations teams, as I partnered to provide analytics to guide decision making, optimize business processes, and ultimately create shareholder value.Additionally, I collaborated on a team to map legacy business processes and data to transform and streamline the organization's financial reporting, financial analysis, inventory management, demand planning, warehousing, and distribution. My role on our cross-functional ERP implementation team spanned all areas of the business as we replace the legacy AS400 and Canopy systems with a new Oracle NetSuite platform.

Norwood, Massachusetts

Team lead providing full P&L support to sales/commercial, research and development, and operations.Led financial analysis supporting the launch of 10+ new products, contributing to double-digit revenue growth and velocity acceleration via the convenience and petroleum retailing channel.Other Projects:-Microsoft Dynamics NAV upgrade-Master data construction-Warehouse management system implementation-S&OP process development-401(k) committee

Norwood, Massachusetts

Financial Analyst providing support to Director of FP&A and CFO. Responsibilities included driving sales analytics, sales and operations planning, and budgeting. Also assisted in acquisition sourcing and due diligence.Member of deal team that completed acquisition of Kelly Corned Beef Co. of Chicago, IL. Transaction closed at undisclosed valuation in October 2017.

Boston, Massachusetts

Performed quantitative analysis and FP&A support to CEO. Provided insights relating to markets, customer base, operations, and financial performance.HubLogix was sold to ChannelAdvisor in May 2017.

New York, New York

3 rotations within the Debt Capital Markets Group, including Energy, Healthcare, and Structured Notes. Supported fulltime analysts in providing strategic financing advice to clients. Analyzed credit markets to estimate security pricing as well as optimal issuance times. Gained significant acumen surrounding the transaction process at a multinational investment bank.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Finance

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), International Business; Finance

Study Abroad, International Courses

Study Abroad in Fall of 2013. Lived in Salamanca, Spain and studied at La Universidad de Salamanca. Coursework in international politics.